Wanderers targeting ACL success, says Popa

Tony Popovic says some of Western Sydney Wanderers’ struggles in the A-League this season will be forgotten if they can progress to the knockout stage of the AFC Champions League.

The Wanderers will end the weekend on the bottom of the ladder after a narrow 1-0 loss to Central Coast on Saturday night and they will finish with the wooden spoon unless they can win one more game than Newcastle Jets over the last two rounds.

But they are well-placed to progress from the ACL group stage with two games to go and the Wanderers boss feels it will go some way to making up for a forgettable domestic campaign.